(Syndicated to Kansas newspapers March 4, 2013)
Do you have a pup in this contest?
Now, let’s just say that your dog and your neighbor’s dog are in a contest over which is cutest.
And, let’s say that your neighbor is the judge.
Something wrong here? Of course there is.
Well, the Kansas Senate saw virtually that same situation last week, and it probably made the right decision, though in a different arena.
The conservative Republican-dominated Senate decided that the Kansas Secretary of State—that’s conservative Republican Kris Kobach—ought not to have a political action committee (PAC) that contributes to the election campaign of candidates whose elections he might have to decide who wins.
It looks…what’s the polite term? Oh, unseemly.